![]() ![]() Over 90 years after the Tuskegee study started, Lisa Langford, a descendant of patient number 001-Green Adair-is preparing for the world premiere of How Blood Go, set to debut at Steppenwolf’s 1700 Theater as part of the LookOut series this week.ģ/11-4/23: Thu-Fri 8 PM, Sat 3 and 8 PM, Sun 3 PM also Tue-Wed 3/14-3/15 8 PM mask-required performance Sat 4/1 3 PM 1700 Theater, 1700 N. ![]() As the infection grew worse, so did its effects, resulting in debilitating neurological symptoms and sometimes even blindness. Late-stage syphilis decimated the participants who survived early-stage symptoms. Those men were told they were being treated for their “bad blood” when, in reality, known treatments were withheld in an effort to observe how syphilis affected Black people over time. Public Health Service and enlisted to participate in a study originally called the “Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis in the Negro Male.” In 1932, Green Adair was one of 399 Black men in Tuskegee, Alabama, just east of Montgomery, who tested positive for “bad blood.” He and over 600 other Black men were deceived by the U.S. NEWS & INVESTIGATIONS Open dropdown menu. ![]()
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